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Associations between spontaneous preterm birth and maternal-newborn ABO blood phenotype pairs.
Saudi medical journal - 1 Jun 2012
Al-Abdi Sameer Y, Al-Aamri Maryam A, Dabelah Kamal I, Mousa Taher A, Al-Rahman Najeeb G, Bukhamsien Hussien I
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study whether spontaneous preterm birth (SPB) is associated with maternal-newborn ABO blood phenotype pairs. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective case-control study in the Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 631 live singleton SPBs (less than 37 weeks) between August 2005 and May 2011 formed the case group. A total of 2,204 live singleton...
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